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Jonathan Bryan (1708 – 1788)

October 17, 2024 by

Hidden Histories, Historical Marker Resource

Jonathan Bryan (1708 – 1788)

Reconstruction of the Yamacraw’s Village, illustrated by Charlie Swerdlow, © 2014 Charlie Swerdlow, historydepicted.com

This Hidden History was created by SCAD student Charlie Swerdlow as part of SCAD art history department coursework, with guidance from art history professor Holly Goldstein, Ph.D., 2014.

The Jonathan Bryan (1708-1788) historical marker was dedicated on April 19, 2011. View the Jonathan Bryan (1708-1788) historical marker listing.

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1. Reconstruction of the Yamacraw’s Village, illustrated by Charlie Swerdlow, © 2014 Charlie Swerdlow, historydepicted.com.

2. Jonathan Bryan Marker, erected by the Georgia Historical Society, photographed by Charlie Swerdlow, 2014.

3. Tomo Chachi Mico or King of Yamacraw, and Tooanahowi his Nephew, Son to the Mico of the Etchitas, by John Faber, 1734, Georgia Historical Society Collection.

4. Yamacraw Village Today, photographed by Charlie Swerdlow, 2014.

Further Reading Expand

Banks, Sara H. Tomo-Chi-Chi: Gentle Warrior. Watsonville, California: Talking Leaves Press, 1992.

DBF: Manuscripts: Ist Year - Colony of Georgia; Georgia Navy in the Revolution. Box 44. “Selecting the site.” Folder 585. Marmaduke Hamilton and Dolores Boisfeuillet Floyd papers, MS 1308. Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

Lediard, Thomas. Gentleman’s Magazine and Thomas Lediard articles on Georgia history, MS 1038. Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia, 1734.

Pressly, Paul M. On the Rim of the Caribbean: Colonial Georgia and the British Atlantic World. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2013.

Swanton, John R. Social Organization and Social Usages of the Indians of the Creek Confederacy. New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1970.

Sweet, Julie Anne. Negotiating for Georgia: British-Creek Relations in the Trustee Era, 1733-1752. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2005.

Todd, Helen. Tomochichi: Indian Friend of the Georgia Colony. Atlanta: Cherokee Publishing Company, 1977.

Yamacraw, Yamacraws, Irene Mound, Tomo-chi-chi, Box 45. “Yamacraw-Part II ‘The Town and Tribe of Yamacraw,’” Folder 610. Marmaduke Hamilton and Dolores Boisfeuillet Floyd papers, MS 1308, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

Yamacraw, Yamacraws, Irene Mound, Tomo-chi-chi, Box 45. “Yamacraw – Miscellaneous notes,” Folder 616. Marmaduke Hamilton and Dolores Boisfeuillet Floyd papers, MS 1308, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

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